Şehzade Mosque

Architecture · 1543–1548 · Istanbul · Middle East

Sinan's first major mosque: a central dome on four half-domes

Author: Mimar Sinan
Style: Classical Ottoman Architecture (Sinan) — An answer to Hagia Sophia: a central dome on cascading half-domes and pencil-thin minarets
Century: 16th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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